Vikki Howells
Vikki Howells | |
|---|---|
 Howells in 2021 | |
| Member of the Senedd forCynon Valley | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Chapman |
| Majority | 7,468 (36.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Education | St John the Baptist School, Aberdare |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Cardiff |
Vikki Howellsis aWelsh LabourandCo-operativepolitician and former teacher. Since May 2016, she has been theMember of the SeneddforCynon Valley.
Early life and education
[edit]Howells was brought up inCwmbach,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales.[1]She was educated atSt John the Baptist School,aChurch in Walessecondary schoolinAberdare.[2]She studied international and Welsh history at theUniversity of Wales, Cardiff,and graduated with aBachelor of Artsdegree.[2]She remained at Cardiff to undertakepostgraduate studyin Modern Welsh History, and graduated with aMaster of Artsdegree.[2]
Career
[edit]Teaching career
[edit]Before her election to the Senedd, Howells was a history teacher and the assistant head ofsixth formatSt Cenydd Comprehensive SchoolinCaerphilly,South Wales.
Political career
[edit]In December 2015, it was announced that Howells had been selected as theWelsh Labourcandidate for theCynon Valleyconstituencyof theSenedd.[3]She has been a member of theLabour Partyfor over 20 years.[3]On5 May 2016,she was elected aMember of the Welsh Assemblyfor that constituency; she received 9,830 votes (51.1% of the votes cast).[1]She has sat as aLabour and Co-operativemember since re-election in2021.[4]
Howells chairs the Welsh Labour Group of MSs.[5]Howells is president of the mental health charity Friends R Us and vice-president of Cwmbach Male Voice Choir.[5]Vikki is also a member of the Cynon Valley History Society, the social justice thinktank the Bevan Foundation, theCo-operative Party,theGMBandUSDAW.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abTegeltija, Sam (6 May 2016)."Assembly Election 2016: Labour holds Cynon as Vikki Howells succeeds Christine Chapman".Wales Online.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^abc"Vikki Howells AM".assembly.wales.National Assembly for Wales. 2016.Retrieved30 August2016.
- ^abTegeltija, Sam (8 December 2015)."Teacher Vikki Howells announced as Labour's Cynon Valley candidate for National Assembly election".Walses Online.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^"Annual Review 2021"(PDF).Co-operative Party.Retrieved16 July2024.
- ^abc"About Vikki".